Re: [Epic] Terrain question... -Reply

From: Bill Provick <bprovick_at_...>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 15:25:30 -0400

At 12:44 PM 8/6/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I had a friend who did some neat things with
>clear acrylics and varnishes when making
>streams. He would keep a close eye on the
>stuff as it dried. When it got a little tacky and
>gooey, he'd run lines through it with a
>popsicle stick or such. He would take and
>work it into rapids and little ripples around
>rocks. He'd highlight these additions in
>whites and they really looked like little raised
>white-caps up above the waterline. Neatest
>thing I ever saw, but I never had the patience
>to get it right. I can paint, but sculpting water
>is a little different. Just a suggestion for you
>more talented and time-suffering scenery
>designers. In my case it usually boils down to
>something like, "Okay, the Quaker Oats can is
>the fuel storage, and whoever wins gets the
>bag of M&M's that is serving as the impassible
>swamp terrain. Hey, quit dealin' those cards,
>what do expect the vehicles to drive on if you
>use the asphalt as a royal flush? Sheeesh!"
>(Well, it might not be that bad but I can be the
>master of improvisation when required...)
>
>Keith Shuler
>keith.shuler_at_...
>
>"Not the face, not the face" battle cry of my
>current WFRP crew
>
Like building fences out of old sprues for Necromunda. Add a banner with a
frayed radiaton or biohazard sign (Radiation is easiest) and you have a
great fence made really easily

Tyler
Received on Wed Aug 06 1997 - 19:25:30 UTC